Boost Blue Autocrossing FL5 Type R - Build Journal

[apexit53]

Wheel and tire combo. 45lbs!

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[apexit53]

Coated the calipers today!

 

[yeaitsahonda]

Have you ever ran the RE71RS at an HPDE? I ordered the same set of wheels and am looking at tires now. My plan is to do autocross and HPDE on whatever tire I get and am looking for one that will last a decent amount of track sessions while also being OK at autocross. Don't necessarily need God Tier autox grip but if I can get it out of a tire that also lasts awhile then might as well.

 

[holland1]

Any pics with those 295s on the car?

 

[apexit53]

Any pics with those 295s on the car?

not yet! No events till late April

 

[apexit53]

Have you ever ran the RE71RS at an HPDE? I ordered the same set of wheels and am looking at tires now. My plan is to do autocross and HPDE on whatever tire I get and am looking for one that will last a decent amount of track sessions while also being OK at autocross. Don't necessarily need God Tier autox grip but if I can get it out of a tire that also lasts awhile then might as well.

I have not but my friends at ASmotorsports run them on their GTLC cars with no issues!

 

[yeaitsahonda]

Good to know. Thanks!

 

[apexit53]

Pins pulled shocks pushed in and vinyl sticker covers(pn below) on and alignment tomorrow.

those caps or stickers whatever you wana call them are only a buck each. I believe they help keep dirt out of the upper shock bearings? Idk but it calls for them so I put them on.

 

[yeaitsahonda]

Stickers are a nice touch. Thanks for the part number. FYI the factory paint pen does a perfect job of matching the flat blue paint on the strut towers. It’s a two part pen that has paint and gloss separate from each other so you can apply it without the gloss.

 

[Vincent@27WON]

I'm enjoying the videos. Keep it up mate.

 

[apexit53]

I know some if not all will see this in the autocross threads but I got it aligned the other day and the car managed to get -1.9 camber out of the front! a lot more than the old FK8! Im sure i would get more if we got creative with loosening alll the control arm bolts and pulling but i dont think its needed! 1st events this weekend but look like rain both day

 

[apexit53]

Well everyone first weekend of racing in the books and the weather was far from perfect. Definitely cold and hard to get heat into these 295s but I can definitely tell this thing is quick. Gearing as we thought might be an issue as you can hear. Car is a bit tail happy as well but I suspect when things get warmer I’ll have to bump the rear bar up. Event one went well where as event 2 I finished behind a focus rs. Made some mistakes and rained in the afternoon so I couldn’t fix them. Close battle though!
Day 1 has my fast lap dirty at the end and day 2 see all the front wheel drive drifting

 

[spectre186]

Very nice. I might have missed it, are you running an aftermarket sway bar? Car looks like fun, definitely willing to rotate!

 

[apexit53]

Very nice. I might have missed it, are you running an aftermarket sway bar? Car looks like fun, definitely willing to rotate!

I have the larger version of the karcepts rear bar

 

[phillystyle17_si]

I have the larger version of the karcepts rear bar

So your using the fk8 karcepts bar?

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